Buckle.



CHARLES A. SWANSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.y :L

BUCKLE.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. SwANsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certa-in new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification. y

My invention relates to improvements in strap buckles, and has for its object the production' of a buckle which will be of durable and economical construction, one which will be compact, and one which will be highly eflicient in use. v

Other objects will appear hereinafter. p

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference 4to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure l is a top plan view of a buckle embodyingthe invention, showing the same connected with a strap,

(Iig. 2 is a longitudinal section of Fig. l, an

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the construction, showing the buckle in operation.

The preferred form of construction, as illustrated in the drawing, comprises a metallic frame consisting of front and rear parallel bars 1 and 2 and parallel side bars 3, the bars 3 being connected by a transversely extending stop bar 4 arranged at the under side of the frame. The gripping member 5 of the buckle has a reduced rearward end 6 which loosely embraces' the rear bar 2, the front end of said gripping member being serrated and so disposed as to be adapted, when in operation, to coperate with the front frame bar l, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The gripping rmember 5 is bent downwardly or depressed intermediate its ends so that when the gripping member is in engagement with the stop bar 4, saidv del pressed portion will bepositioned .directly behind the front frame barV l.'

Coperating with the buckle is a strap 7, one end of which is connected with the buckle frame by means of an elongated metallic pla-te 8 substantially U-shaped in form, the bight portion of which loosely embraces the rear bar 2 of theV buckle frame. The ends of member.8 embrace the corre'- Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. e, 1917.

Application fnea January 2'9, 1916. serial No. 75,039.

ation with the end of the strap, as shown in- Fig. v3. Said loop 11 is substantially rectangular in form, one of the longitudinal sides thereof being arranged between the en'dsof connecting member 8 and interposed between the frame bar 2 and the adjacent end ofthe strap 7. With this arrangement, it vwill be seen that the loop 11 is loosely mounted so as to permit of the same assuming a position in close proximity with orV lying lat against the buckle or the connect- Ning member 8, when not in use, as clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig.' 2.

With a construction as set forth wherein the gripping vmember 5 and connecting member 8 both engage with the same bar of vthe buckleframe, an extremely simple .and economical arrangement is provided, aswell as one possessing strength and firmness. The depression of stop bar 4L which allows the gripping member 5 to sink into the buckle frame, as seeninFig. 2, results in an arrangement wherein the end of the strap will lie close to the buckle and hence in an arrangement which is very compact when the strap is engaged with the buckle.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying'my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of thel appended claim.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Y

A bucklecomprising a frame having a rear bar ;A a gripping member pivotally connected with saidrear bar; a strap for cooperation with said. buckle; a'connecting member embracing said rear frame bar andv having its ends bent back and fastened to onee'n'd ofrsaid strap for connecting said parts; and a. keeper loop for coperation name to this specification in the presence of with said strap, said loop havnig one side two subscribing witnesses.

arranged between said ends of said connecting member and interposed between said CHARLES A' SVANSON' rear frame bar and the adjacent end of said Witnesses: strap, substantially as described. 'JOSHUA R. H. PoTTs,

In testimony whereof I have signed my Y HELEN F. LILLIs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

